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About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About The Role

We are looking for a super sharp, highly-motivated attorney to join as the second Employment Counsel on the Legal & Compliance team. In this role, you will partner closely with our HR Team, recruiting function, and various product and business teams to shape employment and HR compliance for Rippling’s rapidly expanding global workforce (3000+ employees) as well as advise and drive compliance for several of Rippling’s HR-related products. Creative, proactive, and pragmatic legal guidance and process management will be crucial to this role, and you will have an opportunity to make a big impact in a fast-paced organization creating a first-in-kind platform that spans numerous regulated industries. You will also help drive the compliance culture at Rippling and embed integrity and compliance in all of our operations as our company grows.

What You Will Do

• Advise on a broad range of employment law matters, including recruiting, employee relations, compensation and benefits, wages and hour, and workplace investigations.
• Partner with our human resources and talent teams to develop scalable, forward-looking employment policies, programs, and training to ensure that Rippling continues to be a best place to work.
• Design and drive internal HR audits (documentation, classification/wage and hour, I-9s, etc.).
• Partner with outside counsel on global employment matters to shape internal global employment and HR compliance at Rippling (employment agreements, policies, day-to-day operations, performance management, terminations).
• Draft and review employment agreements and policies.
• Manage vendors and external counsel supporting Rippling's operations.
• Monitor and self-study on regulatory developments relevant to the HR industry and drive compliance on new employment laws.
• Assist with Rippling's general corporate legal activities, including ethics, litigation and risk management, and so on!

What You Will Need

• 3+ years of experience directly related to this role, including at a law firm, in-house, and/or other relevant roles.
• Subject matter expertise in employment law and advising on major federal and California employment laws. Bonus points for wage and hour, compensation, litigation, or global employment law experience.
• Entrepreneurial mindset (flexible, self-starting and hard-working) in generating new and innovative solutions to build out the Legal & Compliance program.
• Demonstrated solution-oriented business and legal judgment.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communicator both internally and externally, with ability to break down complex legal jargon into easy-to-understand and practical advice.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Sense of humor.
• Law degree (e.g. JD or equivalent).

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a 40 mile radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

The pay range for this role is:

144,000 - 252,000 USD per year(US San Francisco Bay Area)

144,000 - 252,000 USD per year(US Tier 1)